Reversible cutaneous hyperpigmentation and nails with white hair due to vitamin B12 deficiency [14]

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 551-552

  Niiyama, Shiro ^a   Mukai, Hideki ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; MECOBALAMIN;

ADULT; BODY REGIONS; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LEUKOPENIA; MELANOCYTE; NAIL DISEASE; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; SKIN BIOPSY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; NAILS; SKIN; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 36749019105     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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